The massive document was made public for Monday‚Äôs city council meeting; it included various pieces of correspondence dating back as far as 1996.

Commending administration for putting together such a detailed report, Coun. Rick Orr noted during Monday‚Äôs meeting that it has been a long time coming.

‚ÄúIt was one of the items that I know was a contentious issue coming into council,‚ÄĚ he said. ‚ÄúThe public wanted transparency ‚Ä¶ and I think there‚Äôs been lot of transparency in the report.‚ÄĚ

The report, by city solicitor Ken Paskaruk, explicitly notes that nothing unbecoming has taken place with the fund since it was re-established in 1985.

Fund withdrawals have always been consistent with its intended purpose of ‚Äúinsulating the tax base against operational costs that from time to time exceeded council‚Äôs contractually required operating grant for the (E.A. Rawlinson Centre for the Arts),‚ÄĚ Paskaruk‚Äôs report reads.

It reveals that the principle bequest of $217,000 from the estate of John G. Diefenbaker has never been spent.

Despite taking on different forms and receiving cash infusions and drawdowns over the decades, the trust fund currently totals about $460,000.

During the fund‚Äôs early years, Diefenbaker‚Äôs bequest was ‚Äúinadvertently rolled into the city‚Äôs general operations and was re-established into a separate municipal fund until its intended use could be fulfilled,‚ÄĚ Paskaruk‚Äôs report reads.

It was one of the items that I know was a contentious issue coming into council.Rick Orr

The re-established amount reached $276,195 by 1985 and by 1996 the invested amount grew to $750,000.

Over the years, drawdowns from the trust fund always followed the stipulations of Diefenbaker‚Äôs will -- that it go toward a community facility (the E. A. Rawlinson Centre).

In 1996, the city pledged the trust fund to the Prince Albert Arts Board for what would eventually turn into the E. A. Rawlinson Centre for the Arts.

Several contributions toward the fund have also taken place, including those by the Kinsmen Club. At its peak in 2003, the fund reached about $1.25 million.

E.A. Rawlinson Centre for the Arts operational shortfalls and the poor investment market of 2008-09 subsequently drew down the trust fund account total.

An extensive rundown of four special drawdowns between January 2005 and September of 2010 are included in Paskaruk‚Äôs report, including many pieces of correspondence.

Like all drawdowns, these four special drawdowns went toward E. A. Rawlinson Centre shortfalls.

Currently, the majority of the $460,000 trust fund has been invested in ‚Äúa secure guaranteed investment vehicle to ensure no further erosion occurs,‚ÄĚ Paskaruk‚Äôs report reads.

City council plans on working with the Prince Albert Arts Board to replenish the fund -- a plan that has yet to be presented.